Israel’s population has reached 9.2 million, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Sunday in its annual report published ahead of Independence Day.
According to the report, Israel’s population has grown by 171,000 people since Independence Day last year and is expected to reach 11.1 million in 2030.
By 2048, when Israel turns 100, the CBS forecasts a population of 15.2 million.
Some 74% of the population are Jews, 6.8 million, while 21% of the population are Arabs, approximately 1.93 million.
Another 454,000 people are non-Arab Christians, from minority religions and people listed as non-religious in the census. They account for the remaining 5%.
This number does not include some 164,000 foreign workers living in Israel.
Among the Jewish population, 78% are native-born, while 3.3 million people have immigrated to the country. Some 32,000 new migrants arrived in Israel over the past 2 years.
Since last year, 180,000 babies have been born, and 44,000 people passed away.
According to the data, 36.1% of Israel's population are below the age of 19, 31.6% are between the ages of 20-49 and 25.1% are over the age of 50, with 0.6% over the age of 90.